Synecdoche: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 33: Line 33:
=== In Literature ===
=== In Literature ===
==== William Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'' ====
==== William Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'' ====
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref2/> are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act three, scene two of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection comes from the ears that are part of the whole human body. Antony does not plea for his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention and their minds.
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref6/> are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act three, scene two of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection comes from the ears that are part of the whole human body. Antony does not plea for his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention and their minds.


==References==
==References==
Line 41: Line 41:
* <ref name=Ref2> [http://books.google.com/books?id=PY6tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=synecdoche+simultaneous&source=bl&ots=n7feDT_Ze_&sig=IjuXQfGNDrDro5I0HmImQo-Q9OU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sY1aVOWAKcOXNpKDgqAB&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=synecdoche%20simultaneous&f=false/ Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref2> [http://books.google.com/books?id=PY6tAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=synecdoche+simultaneous&source=bl&ots=n7feDT_Ze_&sig=IjuXQfGNDrDro5I0HmImQo-Q9OU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sY1aVOWAKcOXNpKDgqAB&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=synecdoche%20simultaneous&f=false/ Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref3> [http://books.google.com/books?id=1abNK-Ikq9kC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&ots=ZT64DBu2MH&focus=viewport&dq=synecdoche+can+be+the+material.something+is+made+out+of&output=html_text/ Write On] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref3> [http://books.google.com/books?id=1abNK-Ikq9kC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&ots=ZT64DBu2MH&focus=viewport&dq=synecdoche+can+be+the+material.something+is+made+out+of&output=html_text/ Write On] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref3>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref4>[http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.mga.edu/stable/pdfplus/1772425.pdf?acceptTC=true/ Metonymy] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref4>[http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.mga.edu/stable/pdfplus/1772425.pdf?acceptTC=true/ Metonymy] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref5>[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfVzzLknnNsC&pg=PA9&dq=synecdoche&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ubBSVPrzIomOoQS_voHwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=synecdoche&f=false/ William Shakespeare's Othello] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref5>[http://books.google.com/books?id=AfVzzLknnNsC&pg=PA9&dq=synecdoche&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ubBSVPrzIomOoQS_voHwDA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=synecdoche&f=false/ William Shakespeare's Othello] </ref>
* <ref name=Ref6>[http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_3_2.html#speech30/ ''Julius Caesar''] </ref>
twitter
201

edits